Winding and measuring machine.



PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907 O. A. MARQUIS. WINDING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINDING AND MEASURING 'MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed May 22,1906. Serial No. 318,269.

To all whom it JH/CLy concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. MAR UIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Winding and Measuring Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a winding and measuringmachine for saturated tar-paper and the like, and consists in the novelarrangement, construction, and combination of parts, as will be fullyhereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to construct a machine to wind tar-paperafter it has been passed through a vat and thoroughly saturated, thesurplus material being removed while the paper is passing betweenrollers, and to automatically measure the amount of paper rolled, and tostop the winding of the material when the number of feet required iscontained in the roll.

The further object of my invention is to provide a machine of thischaracter with a measuring mechanism which is arranged adjustable toautomatically place the winding mechanism out of operation when therequired number of feet is contained within the roll, and to alsoprovide a mechanismupon which the spindles containing the roll are to beremoved and a second spindle automatically placed in position to receivethe paper for the following roll.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one half of myinvention. Fig. 1 is a front view of the remaining half of my invention.same in the direction indicated by the arrow 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail side view of the measuring mechanism with a part in section,showing its construction and viewing the same in the direction asindicated by the arrow 3 in Figs. 1 and 4. Fig. 4 is a detail top planview of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail face view of the clutch-releasingcam made use of in connection with my invention. Fig. 6 is a side viewof the same. Fig. 7 is a detail central sectional view of the clutchmade use of in connection with the measuring mechanism.

In the construction of the device asshown I provide a suitable frame 10,mounted upon standards 11, and upon the frame 10 is mounted an elongatedroller 12,811P'POIt6d in Upon .the

Fig. 2 is an end view viewing the.

frame 10 is also secured upwardly-projecting brackets 14, Fig. 2, inwhich are pivotallyconnected arms 15. These arms 15 are provided with journal-boxes 16, in which is revolubly mounted an elongated roller 17,the periphery of which is arranged to come in contact with the peripheryof the elongated roller 12. The roller 17 is provided on each end with aprojecting flange 18, which is arranged to project over the ends of theroller 12, Fig. 1, and between the rollers 12 and 17 is passed the stripof paper, which is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and designated by thenumeral 19. The paper 19 before entering between the rollers 12 and 17is placed to the rear of the machine in its ordinary rolled form andconducted over the guide-roller 20, supported on the end of the frame10. From thence the paper is passed downwardly around a guide-rollerlocated in a suitable vat of ordinary construction formed below themachine and in which is placed the tar product to be saturated into thepaper, and as the paper passes between the rollers 12 and 17 the surplusmaterial is removed from the paper and permitted to pass downwardly intothe vat.

The roller 17 is adjustably mounted and is operated by means of thefoot-lever 21., its rear end contacting with the rod 22, theupper end ofwhich being connected to the arms 15 and is provided with lateralmovement by means of the slot 23. This rod 22 is adjustably connected bymeans of the nut 24.

1 will not go into the minute details of the roller mechanism throughwhich the paper is passed, as this is of ordinary construction, but isused in connection with my improved attachment.

I will now describe the portion of the machine which I claim is myinvention, and it consists of a shaft 25, located in Suitable bearingsupon the front end of the frame 10 and on the end of which I provide africtionwheel 26, which contacts with a friction-pinion 27, formed onthe spindle 28. The spindle 28 is held within pockets 29, formed on theend ofthe levers 30, which are pivotally connected at the pointindicated by the numeral 31 at the upper end of the brackets 32, whichare supported upon the frame 10.

Connected to the end of the lever 30 directly below the. pocket 29 is alink 33, itsoopposite end connected to the upper end of abell-crank'leverS l, and to the connectingpivot isattached a spring 35,by whichsaid link and bell-crank lever are retained in verticalposition, the opposite end of the spring being attached to the bracket32. (See Fig. 2.)

The bell-crank lever 34 is pivotally connected to an adjustable bracket36, adjustably connected to the side of the frame 10, and to the shortend of the bell-crank lever is attached a link 37, which contacts with afoot-treadle 38, by which the lever 30 is low ered to release thespindle 28 from the pocket after a sufficient number of feet of paperhas been wound upon the same to pass downwardly and come in contact withthe bumpers 39, formed on the lower end of the tilted frame 40.

The tilted frame 40 consists of a pair of side bars, the upper endconnected to the bracket 32 and the lower end attached to the frame 10by means of the brackets 41, and by said brackets 41 the side bars maybe adjusted to any angle by means of the bolts 42 passing through thebracket 41 and operate in the vertical slots 43, formed in the frame 10.The upper ends of the brackets 41 are provided with adj ustin g-screws44, by which the bumpers 39 may be adjusted forward or rearward, as thecase may desire.

At the point indicated by the numeral 31 and extending from bracket tobracket 32 is a shaft 45, upon the ends of which are mountedsprocket-wheels 46, and at the lower end of the side bars and passingthrough the brackets 41 is a second shaft 4-7, the outer ends beingprovided with the sprocketwheels 48 and located in alinement with thesprocket-wheels 46, and over these wheels are placed sprocket-chains 49,on which are located at suitable intervals apart projecting fingers 50,forming pockets for the insertion of the spindles 28.

During the operation and While a spindle is in position within thepockets 29, formed on the levers 30, a spindle is placed within thepockets carried by the sprocket-chains, and by reason of said pocketsbeing located upon the chains at proper intervals apart will cause thesame during the operation to be located upon the highest point of thetilting frame, and when the required amount of paper has been rolledupon the spindle the foot-lever is pressed upon, thereby releasing thespindle from the pockets 29 and through its own gravity will cause thesprocketwheels to revolve and permit the roll of paper, together withthe spindle, to pass downwardly and contact with the bumpers 39. At thesame juncture the spindle located in the top pockets of the chain willbe brought in alinement with the pockets 29, formed on the levers 30,and when said foot-lever 38 is released the levers 30 are broughtupwardly and the spindles rigidly held in position within the pockets 29formed thereon.

This mechanism is driven by means of a small pulley 51, Fig. 1, motionbeing imparted thereto by means of the belt 52 (shown by dotted lines inFig. 2) and passing over the large pulley 53, the large pulley 53 beingmounted upon the shaft 54, to which the roller 12 is connected. Upon theshaft 54 and to the opposite side of the large pulley 53 1 provide aworni-gear 55, which meshes with and operates a worm-wheel 56, keyedupon the sleeve 57, which forms a part of the clutch mechanism 58, Figs.3 and 4. The flange 59, Fig. 7, of the sleeve 57, arranged to come incontact with the flange 60, formed on the outer member 61 of the clutchmechanism, and the outer member and flange are brought in closeoperative contact and also released when desired. by means of thefulcrum 6 connected t the sliding sleeve 62 by means of the links 63.

The sleeve 57 is mounted within a bearing 64, Fig. 3, and upon a shortshaft 65. Upon the outer end of said shaft is a measuringdisk 66, inwhich is formed a slot 67 and a graduated surface or scale 68. In thisslot 67 is adjustably located an indicator-plate 69 and a projectingcontacting lug 7 O. The contacting lug is held in position by means ofthe screw 71, projecting from the slot 67, and when slightly releasedthe contacting lug, together with the indicator-plate, may be adjustedto any graduation or mark of the scale to the required number of feet ofpaper to be wound upon the spindle. This operation is accomplished whilethe indicator-disk is in operation and the contacting lug brought incontact with the projecting finger 72, located upon the connecting-rod73. The lower end of the connecting-rod 73 is attached to the lever 74,which is rigidly connected to the operating-shaft 75.

The operating-shaft 75 is located below the frame 10 and supported insuitable bearings 76, and upon the opposite end of the operating-shaft75 I provide a cam 77, Fig. 1. The cam 77 consists of a plate 78,connected to a bracket 79, by which the same is supported upon theoperating-shaft. Upon the front face of the plate 78 is adjustablyconnected the cam-plate 80, which is provided with two curved projectingportions 81,

which are constructed to come in contact with a roller 82, supportedupon the clutchoperating arm 83, the lower end of which being pivctallyconnected to a support 84 and the upper end of said arm passing aroundthe sleeve of the clutch mechanism 85, which is mounted upon the shaft54, and by the operation of the clutch mechanism 85 the drivingpulley 86is controlled to place the machine in operation or permit it to revolvefreelyupon the shaft.

The shaft 75 is provided with a foot-treadle 87 and a hand-lever 88,Figs. 1 and 2, by either of which the cam 77 may be brought in contactwith the shifting-arm to tighten or idly.

release the "clutch mechanism 85. Upon said shaft is also located aslotted arm 89, Fig. 3, to which is connected a curved connecting-rod90, which is passed around the under sideofthe shaft 75 andv itsopposite end connected to a shifting-arm 91, which is connected to thesleeve 62 of the clutch mechanism 58 for placing the disk 66 in'and outof operation. On the shaft 65,to which the disk 66 is secured, and uponits opposite end is provided a collar 92, to which one end of a spiralspring 93 is fastened and the opposite end of said spring connected tothe-journal-box 94, formed in the standard 95, in whichsaid shaft issupported. The object of this spring is to place the-disk66 in itsnormal position when the clutch mechanism has been released by thecontact of the lug with the finger 72. This reaction ispermitted whenthe clutch is released, although the worm-gear 55 and worm-wheel 56 mayoperate The motion of the disk 66 is limited when returned to its normalposition by means of a lug 96, Fig. 4, formedon the rear side of thedisk 66, and comes in contact'with the stop 97, formed on thesupporting-frame 98, which supports the entire measuring mechanism. Theshaft is provided with a retractile coil-spring 99, its one end securedto a collar 100, formed on the shaft, and its opposite end secured tothe journal-bearing 101, in which said shaft is supported. The purposeof this spring is to counterbalance the weight of the cam 77 whenoperated,

The shaft 54 projects through the Wheel 53 and is provided with aflanged collar 102,

which communicates with a like flanged collar 103, secured to the oneend of the-second section of the shaft 54, whichoperates the roller 12.These two flanged collars form a coupling whereby the two sections ofthe machine are secured together.

The operation of my invention is as follows: After the end of the paperhas first been passed through the vat it is passed between the rollers12 and 17, and to admit the insertion of the paper between said rollersthe operator slightly raises the roller 17 by means of the foot-lever21. The paper is then conveyed and fastened in any desired manner to thespindle 28, which is held in the pockets 29. The indicator-plate uponthe disk 66 is set to the proper number, designating the number of feetdesired to be wound upon the spindle, and when this has been done theoperator either pulls upon the lever 88 or by using the foot-treadle 87will operate the cam 77, thereby tightening the clutch mechanism 85, andat the same operation the lever will operate the arm 91 and tighten theclutch mechanism 58 and cause the entire machine to operate, and bymeans of the worm-gear 55 and worm-wheel 56 the disk 66 is slowlyrevolved while the material is being wound upon the spindle 28, motionbeing imparted tothespindle by'the contacting of the hi0- tion-pinion 27with the friction-wheel 26. While this operation is in progress, theoperatorplaces an additional spindle in the uppermost pockets formed onthe sprocketchains 49, and when the desired number of feet has beenwound upon the spindle the contacting lug 70 comes in contact with thefinger 72 and presses-downwardly upon the arm 74 by means ofithe rod 73,partly revolving the shaft 75, which will simultaneously cause the arm90, together with the cam 7 7 to operate both clutches and. releasethesame, thereby automatically discontinuingthe operation of the entiremachine, and will permit the driving-pulley 86 to revolve freely untilthe clutches are again tightened by use of the hand-lever orfoot-treadle 87.

" After the machine has been automatically stopped the operator thencuts the paper, and by operating the foot-lever 38 and through theagency of the links 37 and33 and thebell-crank lever 34 the arms arelowered, releasing the spindle from the pockets 29, and by the gravityof the roll ofpaper uponthe-spindle will pass downwardly uponthe-inclined frame and comein contact with the bumpers 39. Duringthissame movementthe spindle which has been placed in the uppermost-pocketsis brought in alinement with the pockets 29' at the same time itsfriction-pinion contacting with the frictionwheel 26, and as theoperator releases the tension-upon thefoot-lever 38 the spring 35 willraise the arms 30 and retain the spindle in position to receive thematerial to be rolled thereon.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A winding andmeasuring machine comprising a frame, a spindle locatedupon said framefor receiving material to be wound, a measuring device, a levermechanism, a clutch for transmitting motion to the machine, said clutchcontrolled by the lever mechanism, means communicating with the levermechanism for automatically releasing the clutch to discontinue theoperation of the machine, substantially as specified.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame, endless carrierslocated upon the frame, spindles carried and supported by the endlesscarriers, said spindles provided with the friction-pinions, afriction-wheel for operating the friction-pinions, means for supportingthe spindle while the material is being wound thereon, a measuringmechanism, and means for controlling the operation of the windingmechanism to regulate the number of feet of material to be wound uponthe spindle, substantially as specified.

3. A device of the class described compris ing a suitable frame,standards mounted upon the frame, and a tilted frame supported by saidstandards, endless carriers located in the tilted frame, pockets locatedon the endless carriers, spindles supported in the pockets, armspivotally connected to the frame and provided with pockets forsupporting a spindle while the material is being wound thereon, amechanism for releasing the spindie from the arms, a measuring mechanismoperated by the driving mechanism, a means for automaticallydiscontinuing the operation of the entire machine when the desirednumber of feet of material is wound upon the spindle, substantially asspecified.

4. A device of the class described compris ing a winding mechanismmounted upon a frame, a measuring mechanism including a revolving disk,an indicator adjustably located upon said disk to be set at any desiredlocation to designate the number of feet of material to be wound by thewinding mechanism and means for discontinuing the operation of thewinding mechanism and simultaneously return the revolving measuring-diskto its normal position, substantially as specified.

5. A device of the class described comprising a winding mechanismmounted upon a frame, a measuring mechanism including a revolving disk,an indicator adjustably lo cated upon said disk to be set at any desiredlocation to designate the number of feet of material to be wound by thewinding m'eclianism and means for discontinuing the operation of thevarious mechanisms by the revolving measuring-disk, and means for simultaneously replacing the disk in normal position, substantially asspecified.

6. A device of the class described comprisl ing a winding mechanism anda measuring mechanism in combination with rollers through which thematerial is passed, clutches for controlling the operation of themechanisms, a suitable lever mechanism operating theclutches, acontacting lug carried by the measuring mechanism and an operating-rodwhich is operated by the contacting lug to automatically release theclutchesand l stop the operation of the mechanisms, substantially asspecified.

. 7. A winding and measuring machine comprising a slotted graduatedmeasurin -disk, an indicator-plate adj ustably mounte within the slot,means, for releasing the measuring-disk and means for returning themeasuring-disk to its normal position after the disk has revolved to itsindicated position, substantially as specified.

8. A winding and measuring machine comprising rollers between which thematerial to be wound is passed, a spindle receiving the material, arevolving mechanism for revolving the spindle, a slotted graduatedmeasuring-disk simultaneously operating during the winding of thematerial upon the spindle,

means for releasing the measuring-disk,

means for disengaging the operating mechanism when a specified amount iswound upon the spindle, and means for returning the measuring-disk toits normal position, substantially as specified.

9. A winding and measuring machine com prising rollers between which thematerial to be wound is passed, a tilted frame, an endless carriermounted upon the tilted frame, a spindle carried by the endless carrier,arms carried by the frame and supporting the spindle, a revolvingmechanism whereby said spindle is operated, a lever mechanism forplacing the winding mechanism in and out of operation, a measuring-disksimultaneously operating with the winding mechanism to indicate thenumber of feet of material to be wound upon the spindle, and a mechanismfor stopping the winding mechanism, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. MARQUIS. Witnesses:

, ALFRED A. EIOKS, WALTER O. STEIN.

